782 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Tassin Col. A. G., U. S. Army (Fort Wood, New York Harbor), presented birds killed 

 by flying agiiinst the light of the statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island (1969H, 19707); 

 also sixty specimens, comprising thirteen species^ from Bedloe's Island (197:50). 



Tastet, W. M. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a collection of one 

 hundred and twenty-two postage-stamps from various foreign countries. 20219. 



Tate, E. O. (Morristown, Tennessee), sent a fragment of the carapace of a Sea-turtle, 

 probably Thalassochelys caretta, from North Carolina, for examination and re- 

 port. 19881. 



Taunt Lieut. E. H., U. S. Navy, presented ethnological objects from the Kassai 

 River, Central Africa. 20681. 



Taylor & Brunton (Leadville, Colorado), presented sulphide ores, with a series of 

 products of dressing. 19671. 



Taylor, George L. (Cheyenne, Wyoming), sent four living specimens of the Prairie 

 Dog, Cynonujs ludoviciamis ; also a pair of abnormal antlers of Elk. 19876. 



Taylor, J. L. (Effie, Jackson County, North Carolina), sent chromite, asbestos, 

 corundum, and muscovite, for examination and report, 20553. 



Taylor, W. Edgar (Peru, Nebraska), sent a collection of fossil shells, containing 

 one hundred and twenty-six specimens, for examination and report. 19644. 



Taylor, Willie (Four Mile Run, Virginia), presented a specimen of the White 

 Egret, Ardea egretta. 19420. 



Taylor, Zach (Dunkirk, New York), sent bird skins for examination and report. 

 20657. 



Technological Museum (Sydney, New South Wales), through Hon. G. W. Griffin, 

 United States consul, presented one hundred and thirty-six samples of wool 

 from Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and Queensland. 20798. 



Tegima, S. (See under Tokio Educational Museum, 19914.) 



Terrell, L. D. (U. S. Fish Commission), sent two living specimens of the Wood- 

 chuck, Arctomys monax. 20694. 



Teubner, Charles (Lexington, Missouri), presented eleven photographs represent- 

 ing flint arrowheads, etc. 20329. 



Thompson, Charles A. (Quincy, Michigan), presented prehistoric stone implements, 

 some of them paleolithic, from Branch and Hillsdale Counties, Michigan (20353) ; 

 and lent a bird-shaped prehistoric stone object, for casting (20471). 



Thompson, E. E. (Toronto, Canada), lent birdskins, for comparison and study, at the 

 request of the Curator of Birds (19383), also sent birds from Canada in exchange 

 (19933, 20792). 



Thompson, Melville. (See under Charles W. Richmond, 19891.) 



Thompson, R. J. (through Forsberg & Murray, Washington, District of Columbia), 

 presented a miniature blacksmithing outfit, and samples of work done with the 

 same. 19636. 



Thompson, Capt. Thomas (Schooner M. A. Bastan), through W. A. Wilcox, Glou- 

 cester, Massachusetts, presented a fish, Thyrsitops vioJaceiis, n. s., Bean. Type. 

 Described in Proceedings of U. S. National Museum," vol. x, 1887, pp. 513, 514. 

 19784. 



Thompson, Paymaster William J., U. S. Navy, presented ethnological objects from 

 Easter Island: Spear-heads, paddles, oars, clubs, skulls, tapa, feather head-dress, 

 wooden idols, stone implements, etc. (20078), and twenty-seven photographs of 

 Easter Island (20511). 



Thorne, Clinton (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a living specimen 

 of White Rat. 20202. 



Thornton, J. L. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented an invitation to the 

 twenty-first anniversary John A. Rawlings Pos't, No. 1, G. A. R., 1887; badge 

 Department of the Potomac, twenty-first national encampment, St. Louis, 1H87; 

 and card of admission to memorial service General Grant, October 1, 1886. 19821 



